An estimated of 50 dead bodies were found in a migrant ship during rescue operation in an overcrowed boat heading from Libya to Europe on Wednesday, Italian Coastguard said. The death were presumed to have caused by asphyxiation, according to the BBC citing Italian media. The bodies were discvered in the hold of a wooden boat. A Swedish ship taking part in the European Union rescue operation to save lives of migrants crossing from North Africa to Europe rescued about 439 people from the ship. Thousands of mostly African migrants are desperately crossing through North African nation of Libya to Europe in search of greener pasture. Many had lost their lives in the process of trying to cross to Italy or Malta. The death are mostly caused by over crowed boats which cannot stand the heavy ocean wave.
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